Where to start

Did somebody say L85!!! Now your talking!!

SA80 or L85's are known as the current British army rifle of a Bullpup design, which you may know of.
In terms of Airsoft, there are 3 good AEG brands of the L85's which are ARES, ICS and G&G.
ARES line of L85's are pricey but they have upgraded their line to full metal gear boxes versus the old plastic gear boxes which lead to poor compression problems. Also note that ARES L85 have very good trade marks on their rifles.

ICS L85's are popular workhorse's with adjustable spring guides and have a much better take down system for maintenance. Loops is the only other chap I know that owns one.

G&G also has a good looking L85, however I haven't heard much about the performance.

I current own and operate a old STAR L85A2 which is now ARES. I have many parts and upgrades for this rifle including a AGSA80 40mm Launcher for the aka "BigDaddy" configuration. I also have the some what new Daniel Defense L85 railed handguard system from Madbull which looks awesome for the L85!
Also lets not forget the WE GBBR L85A2 on the market which I intend to buy this year, because I just have too!
L85's aren't very common in the lower mainland but they do show up from time to time and always catch eyes once in awhile. As with L85A1 there are currently a few different models to consider such as

L85A1- as you mentioned: http://www.guay2.com/web/gt_product/l85a1.php?lang=en

L85A2 - : http://www.guay2.com/web/gt_product/l85a2.php?lang=en

L85A2 Carbine -: http://www.guay2.com/web/gt_product/l85 ... hp?lang=en

L85A2 AFV -: http://www.guay2.com/web/gt_product/l85_AFV.php?lang=en

L86A2 LSW -: http://www.icsbb.com/EDM/L86/EN/

Best of luck on your search, follow L85 user!

cheers

I really love the bullup designs, so much barrel, in so little space I think I heard that the G&G l85s have some reliability issues, but I do hope to get an l85 in the future! A bit hard to find locally though, but I probably havent looked hard enough. I dont know if the sites you linked me to ship to canada though, but I may be mistaken. The l85 is one of my favourite rifles, as it seems really sturdy, and again, the wonders of being a bullup. It also has a much longer history than newer bullups like the tavor. Thanks for the info tho!

L85's are already here in Canada, you just have to look at bit closer
Trigger, Milsig, Warcraft, Badlands and Gorilla surplus have them. Pocomilitary can order the G&G in.

Recommend the ICS version as per Loop's feedback.

http://mach1airsoft.com/product-categor ... up-rifles/

I believe Badlands has the G&G l85 for the lowest price in the area.

oh haha, I know theyre in canada, and have seen the G&G ones, I just havent seen any of the ICS ones.

I keep hearing mixed things about G&G so it kind of scares me D:

also sorry if Im a bother.

Not at all, glad to help out where we can.